William Henderson* My previous post excerpted the introduction “How to Solve the Legal Profession’s Diversity Problem.” The article suggests that our diversity challenges are rooted in a systems problem. First, our systems for selecting and developing lawyers is seldom grounded in science. Second, the functioning of these systems are seldom viewed as critical to organizational
The FBI has issued a Private Industry Notification to law firms indicating that a cyber crime insider trading ring is targeting “international law firm information used to facilitate business ventures.” According to the FBI “[T]he scheme involves a hacker compromising the law firm’s computer networks and monitoring them for material, non-public information….This information, gained prior
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At a time of turmoil people look to places of calm – safe havens and pleasant countries to savor their savings and their lives. So why are billionaires and others seeking a bolthole, or more, in this country? Favorite bolthole countries are far and wide, from Switzerland with its withering secrecy laws and beauty, Uruguay
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Is there a conflict of interest between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and her willingness to commence a prosecution of Hillary Clinton over the Clinton email server? Writing in WND.com, Jerome Corsi notes that there is little known about the fact that the Attorney General was a litigation partner in a Washington law firm that represented
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The government has asked a United States Magistrate Judge in Riverside, California to vacate her order compelling Apple to assist the FBI in unlocking the iPhone that was used by one of the terrorists who murdered 14 innocent Americans in San Bernardino on December 2nd of last year. Our decision to conclude the
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LOS ANGELES – A JetBlue flight attendant who allegedly attempted to use her credentials to bring nearly 70 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airporton Friday was charged today with a federal narcotics trafficking offense. Marsha Reynolds, 31, of Jamaica, New York, was taken into custody this afternoon
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Donald Trump’s sister, Judge Maryanne Barry Trump, 78, is facing some unwelcome publicity that has recently included death threats. But she’s one, tough lady, Judge Maryanne Barry and she has some powerful connections, too. >> A House in New Zealand’s Capital? – See This A tough judge with four decades of prosecuting and judicial experience
Dorsey & Whitney – The Supreme Court passed on an opportunity to review a recent appellate court decision holding that a video game publisher is not protected by the First Amendment for using the likenesses of former NFL football stars in the widely popular Madden NFL video game series. In the video game versions at
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARC WIESELTHIER, a certified public accountant and former partner at a New York accounting firm (the “Firm”), was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for participating in a scheme to obtain millions of dollars in loans by making false
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LawFuel.com – Law News Daily – Charges Unsealed Against Three Defendants Who Allegedly Engaged in Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Transactions on Behalf of the Government of Iran and Iranian Entities As Part of a Scheme to Evade U.S. Sanctions Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John
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